I thought that if I knitted all evening, I'd be well on my way to finishing the second sock. Mmm. Maybe so, but if you're making mistakes like dropping stitches, it's a sign that you'd better stop knitting!
The advantage of knitting multicolour patterns is that you soon realise there's a mistake when the colours don't line up as they should.
I've been knitting the multicolour parts with the sock inside out. But there are some parts of the sock, the slipped stitch sections for instance, that have to be worked from the right side. I've learnt how to turn the sock with the minimum of fuss. The secret is to keep the needles still and pull the fabric through:
At one stage I tried putting the needles through, but they poked into the fabric and that was that.
I've retrieved the dropped stitch and now it's onward towards the toes.
Enjoyed reading this, and seeing the pics :-D
ReplyDeleteDropped stitches are the bane of my knitting existence! I agree that color work makes it easier to spot dropped stitches. Still, they're an aggravation!
ReplyDeleteIt looks so complicated, knitting it inside out! - I am fascinated by seeing the sock appearing from your needles this way. If you made a conscious effort to keep the floats loose, would it work right-way round?
ReplyDeleteProbably. But I gave up on knitting multicolour socks until I learnt the inside out trick.
DeleteThe sock is looking good, the colours are lovely, I always like the feel of colour knitting it is nice and thick giving plenty of warmth to your toes!
ReplyDeleteI looked at your pictures and then saw you were going to turn it inside out, horror I could image the next picture of all the stitches off the needle, but no they were still in and the knitting was the right way. You had more faith than I did at the moment.
ReplyDeleteInteresting post, enjoyed reading it.
This is just SO gorgeous! I loved the "turning it rightside out" picture. You are so talented. I'm pretty sure what I do is so far removed from your kind of knitting that it should have a different name!
ReplyDeleteSock it to me!!!!
ReplyDeleteJust to clarify, Jane: you're using four needles, so does that mean that instead of knitting plain all the way around, you're actually knitting the purl stitch? And you're going back-to-front in every row of the design? You can see that my brain is clearly mulling over this while I sleep!
ReplyDelete:-) I'll try. I'm actually using 5 needles, stitches on 4 and a woring needle. When I do the fairisle sections, I have the sock inside out and yes, I use purl stitch. It's not as tricky as it sounds - you can't see the design of what you've knitted, but you work the current row in relation to the previous row - so a green stitch, say, must be on top of a white stitch, if it isn't there's a mistake to look for. OK. When I work the slip stitch section, I turn the sock right way out and work in knit stitch. I don't usually have to keep turning the sock, it's just that some of the sections had to be done right way out.
ReplyDeleteWorking needle, that should read. Hope this helps!
Delete: ) one day it might, Jane! - and thanks for the detailed explanation.
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